This profession is not for everyone, but I have loved it starting with flight instruction, charter work, night freight, "commuter" airline all the way to legacy airline. I loved the GA airplanes, the light twins, the BE-1900, SF-340, DC-9, A-320, B-747, B-757 and the B-767. Have there been bad days, yes, but when you close the cockpit door and there is just the 2/3 of you and the "mission", there is no office like it. I would agree that a non-aviation degree as an "out"/backup is advisable.